An image showing 'P37760; A port side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the cargo liner Port Lyttelton (1947) being towed from the King George V Lock, London, into the King George V Dock, bound in for the Royal Albert Dock. Her stern is just out of the picture. The tug, seen from just ahead of her port beam, is the Sun XX (1957). The lighters Tendril, Doe, Bay Elm, Dunoon, Loch Alsh and Kilrush are in the foreground.'

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The cargo liner Port Lyttelton (1947) arriving in the King George V Dock, London

A port side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the cargo liner Port Lyttelton (1947) being towed from the King George V Lock, London, into the King George V Dock, bound in for the Royal Albert Dock. Her stern is just out of the picture. The tug, seen from just ahead of her port beam, is the Sun XX (1957). The lighters Tendril, Doe, Bay Elm, Dunoon, Loch Alsh and Kilrush are in the foreground.

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Object details

ID:	P37760
Type:	Negative
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Grierson, Alec R.
Places:	Royal Albert Dock
Vessels:	Sun XX 1957; Port Lyttleton 1947
Date made:	5 Mar 1966
People:	R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie & Co. Ltd; Philip and Son Ltd
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	62 mm x 62 mm